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Democrats for Life event focuses on pregnant women

Christianity Today August 27, 2008

The Democrats for the Life event turned into mostly a couple of speeches on taking care of pregnant women.

Sen. Bob Casey from Pennsylvania drew a crowd of media behind him, but his speech did not not really address abortion.

Photo by Sarah Pulliam
Photo by Sarah Pulliam

A few of Casey’s remarks: “One area where I think we can bring both sides together, in my judgment, the only way we can bring sides together is to come together on a central priority … and that priority is pregnant women. What our government and society should do is show solidarity with a woman who is facing a crisis pregnancy. If the law of the land is that a woman has a choice to make, that she has a constitutional right to have an abortion. We ought to also make sure that she has the choice to carry that child to term.”

Rep. Heath Shuler, a Baptist from North Carolina said, “The Democrats have it right when it comes from birth to natural death. Whether or not women have access to health care, that’s pro-life. We have to make sure all children, unborn or throughout the entire life, that they can count on Congress on this issue.”

Rep. Lincoln Davis, a Southern Baptist from Tennessee, spoke on the reduction of abortion.

“It is a blessing to know that at least for the first time our Democratic platform ? has made abortion reduction as a major part of the platform,” Davis said. “We need to start giving assistance to those ladies ? who see no hope other than abortion.”

Photo of Casey by Sarah Pulliam for Christianity Today.

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